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Maryland, Oklahoma Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts
Maryland, Oklahoma Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts,NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio are pictured inside the seven-window cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,”

Maryland, Oklahoma Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio are pictured inside the seven-window cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” while orbiting 272 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean.Credits: NASAStudents from Maryland and Oklahoma will have the opportunity next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The two space-to-Earth calls will air live on NASA Television, theNASA app, and the agencys website.

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio will answer prerecorded questions from health science students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland, as well as students from Washington Episcopal and Washington School for Girls, both in Washington, at 12:25 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 21. Rubio received his doctorate in medicine from USUHS in 2010.

The downlink will give the university community and students a firsthand look at what scientists, physicians, and educators do in space and inspire the next generation of students to pursue STEM careers.

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